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Late one night in April 1958, a filing assistant for Miss Brickett is murdered. Almost unwillingly, Marion Lane, a first-year inquirer-in-training, finds herself being drawn ever deeper into the investigation. When her friend and mentor is framed for the crime, to clear his name she must sort through the hidden alliances at Miss Brickett's and secrets dating back to World War II.

Tress Montor's family used to mean something, until she didn't have a family anymore. Felicity Turnado has a secret: she was with the Montors the night they disappeared. Now she can't look at Tress without feeling shame and guilt. But a Halloween costume party at an abandoned house provides the ideal situation for Tress to pry the truth from Felicity. Tress will have her answers, or settle for revenge.

When a local teacher is found dead, LA's newest pet groomer Mimi Lee finds herself in a pawful predicament, with her younger sister's livelihood on the line.

When a scandalous murder shocks London high society, seventeen-year-old aspiring lawyer Lizzie Bennet seizes the opportunity to prove herself, despite the interference of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the stern young heir to the prestigious firm Pemberley Associates. Convinced the authorities have imprisoned the wrong person, Lizzie vows to solve the murder on her own. But as the case, and her feelings for Darcy, become more complicated, Lizzie discovers that her dream job could make her happy, but it might also get her killed.

As SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer prepares to celebrate her daughter's birthday, she learns of a theory that connects the dots on a constellation of killings. Soon, there won't be a woman in California who's safe.

The Game Master has locked the doors, scared off the teachers, and made it clear that if Becca and her friends don't solve the clues that have been left behind, they'll never get back Becca's irreplaceable zoetrope, never finish summer school, and never get to enjoy what's left of their summer vacations. Will Becca and her classmates be able to work together to solve the puzzles and escape their school before time runs out?

Lucy Clark has had it. After being bullied one too many times at the boarding school her parents enrolled her in, sixteen-year-old Lucy retaliates. But when the fallout is far worse than she meant it to be, she gets suspended and sent to New York City, where she must serve as a companion to the eccentric Edith Fox. Once in Manhattan, however, Lucy discovers Edith is nothing like she expected. And on top of that, she thinks someone is trying to kill her, and Lucy has to find out who it is.

Annie, and her older brother, Jamie, were inseparable. But then came middle school, when Jamie grew dark and distant, unitl one day he disappeared. As Annie searches for answers and finds a new relationship with a girl she did not expect, she makes startling discoveries about her brother's disappearance, and has to decide how much of herself she's willing to give up in order to keep hope alive.

Thanks to a DNA test, Avery knows that she's not a Hawthorne by blood, but clues pile up hinting at a deeper connection to the family than she had ever imagined. As the mystery grows and the plot thickens, Grayson and Jameson, two of the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different directions. And there are threats lurking around every corner, as adversaries emerge who will stop at nothing to see Avery out of the picture, by any means necessary.

When Jenna Dallas and Adam Cole find Colleen O'Dell's body floating off the shore of their coastal town, the community of Gardiners Bay is shaken. But even more shocking is the fact that her drowning was no accident.